The Holy Drama

Persian Passion Play in Modern Iran

Distributed for Leiden University Press

Paper $52.00ISBN: 9789087281151
Published
December 2014
For sale only in the United States, its dependencies, the Philippines, and Canada

Persian passion play or ta'ziya depicts the role of the Prophet's granddaughter Zeynab during the tragic death of the third Shiite Imam Hoseyn in Karbala in 680. This book depicts how Zeynab has become a role model in modern Iranian society, especially during the Islamic Revolution and the Iran-Iraq War.

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